One of the things that I enjoyed the most about intermittent fasting was what I would call food freedom. When I would fast, I wouldn’t have to eat, prepare food, think about food, or buy as much food. Food became less pressing and my attention could go toward other things! It was so freeing! There is particular spiritual value in this freedom, too, as evidenced by almost all religions having a tradition of fasting. Now, I'm a nutritionist, not a Bible scholar. BUT I think that scripture contained this wisdom long before IF became popular. Jesus, in talking to His disciples said, "and when you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do... they have received their reward in full... your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you." Matt 6:16 (NIV) The Hebrew word for fast is here is “nhsteuw”, which Strong’s Concordance defines as “ to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or fr...
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